John Ibrahim a member of Notorious, say police

NIGHTCLUB boss John Ibrahim has been named by police as a member of pseudo-bikie gang Notorious, with his three brothers.

The Daily Telegraph reports Notorious boss Allan Sarkis, 35, and fellow founding member David Lima, 31 - whose real name is Sofe Levi - faced the Downing Centre Local Court yesterday along with more junior member and co-accused Kelepi Kolopeaua, 24, charged over a vicious assault in March.

The trio are accused of affray and assaulting a victim whose identity has been withheld by police, causing him actual bodily harm, outside the Dragonfly nightclub in Kings Cross.

Court papers seen yesterday revealed that on condition of Mr Kolopeaua securing bail, he had to agree not to associate with his two co-accused, another man Christian Herrera "or any members of the Notorious Crime Group as listed in the attachment".

The annexed document, prepared by officers from Strike Force Raptor, listed 20 names including all four Ibrahim brothers, Hassan, known as Sam, John, Fadi and the youngest brother Michael Ibrahim.

John Ibrahim's solicitor Stephen Alexander said the suggestion his client was a member of Notorious was "sheer madness" and branded the police's assertion as "absurd".

John Ibrahim is not listed as an owner of Dragonfly but it is widely known it is one of a stable of nightclubs he has links to.

The detailed list, which also included dates of birth of all 20 members, is not attached to the charge papers of Sarkis and Lima, but they are banned from associating with each other until the case is finalised.